I agree with Ray, when I read that guys post it made me mad that he would suggest banning geocaching. The guy obviously knows nothing about geocaching. I...
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Ed Hall
geobuxley
Mar 6, 2012 4:27 pm
So even at the time Jason Kandel at nbcsandiego.com wrote that article he already knew it wasn't a geocache but lead with geocaching for the first four...
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Scout
gc_scout
Mar 6, 2012 4:34 pm
I'm the one who originally forwarded on the news account to this list without checking it for accuracy first. Because it was a network affiliate's new report,...
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Ray Roney
qix_68
Mar 6, 2012 4:53 pm
"Stash" happens..... and the accuracy wasn't on you to check, but that would've helped. Point is.... Geocaching got the blame..... when someone else's stuff...
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Ed Hall
geobuxley
Mar 6, 2012 5:15 pm
No worries, Scout. The article buried the non-geocacheness of the tube in paragraph five--any reasonable reader would think a geocache closed the park. Thanks...
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honeychile
h0neychile
Mar 6, 2012 5:22 pm
Oh no no -- I want to know about these things even when they turn out to be something else. It's those first reports that can tar the reputation of the sport...
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Ray Roney
qix_68
Mar 6, 2012 7:50 pm
I agree.... I want to be able to know about this stuff BEFORE i hear about it on the news. More informed is better. - Ray - "RayQix" - Detroit area ...
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gc_scout
Mar 9, 2012 7:51 pm
This story calls it a package, a prank, a treasure, and a geocache. I don't know if the reporter knows what he's talking about, but he quotes a "geocache...
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hack1of2
Apr 12, 2012 3:47 pm
The LINKS and FILES sections of GPSSTASH are pretty dated and could use a little spring cleaning. When I clicked on the LINKS section, only a few of the 14...
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gc_scout
Apr 13, 2012 2:06 am
... I cleaned up the links page. I left a few broken links because they go back to the earliest days of geocaching. Perhaps you can still find what the...
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gpsstash@yahoogroups....
Apr 13, 2012 2:07 am
The following gpsstash poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What format do you prefer to use? CHOICES AND RESULTS - hddd°mm.mmm',...
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Scout
gc_scout
Apr 23, 2012 10:58 pm
Read the April, 2012, Opencaching.com newsletter here: http://bit.ly/I6yriF The announcement that most appeals to me is the Coast Magazine's UK Treasure Hunt. ...
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GPSgames, Scout
gc_scout
Apr 30, 2012 1:05 pm
"Dallas-Fire Rescue responded to a call about a suspicious device near Prestonwood Boulevard and Belt Line Road Sunday morning, but the device turned out to be...
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Scout
gc_scout
May 5, 2012 5:15 pm
April 17th, 2012: "Leeward Coast LLC, parent company of the geocaching blog www.Madcacher.com <http://www.madcacher.com/>, announced today the purchase of...
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Scout
gc_scout
May 11, 2012 11:06 pm
"TORONTO - An Internet game caused a bomb scare in the west end tying up police fire and ambulance departments for three hours Thursday morning. Police were...
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R
ontario_cacher
May 12, 2012 3:27 am
A kid planted it. He heard about it when he got back from school. (I am not in favour of children placing caches). The Sun sure sensationalized the event,...
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Peggy Friend
rwfriend1
May 12, 2012 1:42 pm
... If Police Departments were more educated about Geocaching, maybe these things wouldn't happen. Here, we try to keep them updated. Not saying this would...
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Ray Roney
qix_68
May 13, 2012 12:44 am
It was called "Urban Island" and was here: http://coord.info/GC3H5Y0 I made a comment in a log note that hopefully will help the "kid" learn from this. ...
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fuster75
May 23, 2012 8:05 pm
Hi everyone, I have been Geocaching since 2007. Within a week I began listening to the Podcacher Podcast (Podcacher.com) and have enjoyed it ever since. As...
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fuster75
May 23, 2012 11:32 pm
Sorry guys I put a period at the end of the address. The link to the channel is: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGeoScoop Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks, ...
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fuster75
May 29, 2012 6:16 pm
OK guys I have spent the last week working on the show. I finally finished the show and I am happy with it. I know it is still rough, but I have to get...
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Scout
gc_scout
Jun 12, 2012 12:46 pm
"If it wasn’t obvious before, it’s crystal clear today. The dedicated portable GPS device is dead, with Apple and Google playing pallbearer to Garmin,...
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fuster75
Jun 16, 2012 1:47 am
Episode 2 of The GeoScoop is out. In this show we cover how to identify poison ivy, some of the tools we should have in our geobag and talk about some of the...
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Scout
gc_scout
Jul 19, 2012 3:15 pm
OK, first, isn't almost everybody found in a cemetery, like, dead? Second, there is a geocaching angle to the story. These geocachers found more than they were...
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Ray Roney
qix_68
Jul 19, 2012 4:59 pm
Reading the log from 7/15.... I think they said it very politely and appropriately. ... ________________________________ From: Scout <Scout@...> To:...
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Peggy Friend
rwfriend1
Jul 19, 2012 10:34 pm
I must say, we (The Amigos) have found some STRANGE things while Geocaching,(have even brought a few of those things home), but this ISN'T one of them, and I...
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i_offroad
Jul 21, 2012 8:07 pm
I must apollogize before hand... But aren't just dying to get into cemeteries? Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1Peggy Friend <rwfriend1@...> wrote:I...
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Scout
gc_scout
Jul 25, 2012 4:47 am
You have to register and hide a cache and list it on opencaching.com and maybe some other things: ...
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Scout
gc_scout
Aug 2, 2012 2:26 pm
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Scout
gc_scout
Nov 16, 2012 3:44 pm
"Google’s Niantic Labs has launched its latest application, a location-based/augmented-reality game called Ingress. Available as a beta-only game at this...
